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The Chrysanthemums

John Steinbeck

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Summary
- Plot Overview
Characters
Main Ideas
- Themes
- Motifs
- Symbols
Quotes
- Important Quotes Explained
Further Study
- Context
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Plot Overview Quiz

Further Study Plot Overview Quiz

1 of 5
What is the name of the valley where the story is set?

Santa Lucia Valley
Orange Valley
Green Valley
Salinas Valley

2 of 5
Where is Elisa when she watches her husband speak with two cigarette-smoking strangers?

The bedroom
The garden
The porch
The kitchen

3 of 5
What did the two cigarette-smoking strangers buy?

Thirty cattle
A tractor
Forty acres
Twelve bushels of oats

4 of 5
Elisa asks her husband if they can order ___ at dinner.

Lobster
Dessert
Steak
Wine

5 of 5
At the end of the novel, Elisa pulls up her coat collar to hide the fact that she is ___.

Drunk
Grinning
Crying
Laughing

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The Chrysanthemums

Plot Overview Quiz

1 of 5
What is the name of the valley where the story is set?

2 of 5
Where is Elisa when she watches her husband speak with two cigarette-smoking strangers?

3 of 5
What did the two cigarette-smoking strangers buy?

4 of 5
Elisa asks her husband if they can order ___ at dinner.

5 of 5
At the end of the novel, Elisa pulls up her coat collar to hide the fact that she is ___.

Popular pages: The Chrysanthemums

Character List CHARACTERS

Elisa Allen: Character Analysis CHARACTERS

Important Quotations Explained MAIN IDEAS

Themes MAIN IDEAS

Take a Study Break

Every Shakespeare Play Summed Up in a Quote from The Office

Every Marvel Movie Summed Up in a Single Sentence

QUIZ: Are You a Hero, a Villain, or an Anti-Hero?

QUIZ: Is This a Mark Twain Quote or a Line from The Office?

QUIZ: Which Greek God Are You?

60 YA Movie Adaptations, Ranked

Pick 10 Books and We'll Guess Whether You're an Introvert or an Extrovert

1 of 5 What is the name of the valley where the story is set?

2 of 5 Where is Elisa when she watches her husband speak with two cigarette-smoking strangers?

3 of 5 What did the two cigarette-smoking strangers buy?

4 of 5 Elisa asks her husband if they can order ___ at dinner.

5 of 5 At the end of the novel, Elisa pulls up her coat collar to hide the fact that she is ___.

Popular pages: The Chrysanthemums

Character List CHARACTERS

Elisa Allen: Character Analysis CHARACTERS

Important Quotations Explained MAIN IDEAS

Themes MAIN IDEAS

Take a Study Break

Every Shakespeare Play Summed Up in a Quote from The Office

Every Marvel Movie Summed Up in a Single Sentence

QUIZ: Are You a Hero, a Villain, or an Anti-Hero?

QUIZ: Is This a Mark Twain Quote or a Line from The Office?

QUIZ: Which Greek God Are You?

60 YA Movie Adaptations, Ranked

Pick 10 Books and We'll Guess Whether You're an Introvert or an Extrovert

1 of 5
What is the name of the valley where the story is set?

2 of 5
Where is Elisa when she watches her husband speak with two cigarette-smoking strangers?

3 of 5
What did the two cigarette-smoking strangers buy?

4 of 5
Elisa asks her husband if they can order ___ at dinner.

5 of 5
At the end of the novel, Elisa pulls up her coat collar to hide the fact that she is ___.